What is better for a product-based IP Strategy, an open system of innovation or a closed system? The answer is both and neither, and here is why. Strategy, at its core,...
IP itself has a lifecycle decoupled from the associated product solutions itself. A patented invention may apply to several product solutions which may be at different phases of their lifecycle. A...
A month ago we launched ipstrategy.com – the free online IP Strategy journal. The idea is simple – to provide quality thinking on IP Strategy across the globe from a wide...
I spent time at the LES World IP Day celebration on April 26. It had lots of interesting discussions. Toward the end, when I was about to leave – it had...
Early in the movie Jaws, the town mayor berated Chief Brody for wanting to tell people about a possible shark attack off the beach. He said, “You yell barracuda, everybody says,...
Smplfy if u can You’ll be surprised at the results. (The more fundamental the IP Strategy, the more likely it will work.)
It’s all very well for external consultants to talk about what’s needed in IP Strategy. Most IP Strategy is done in-house, with internal clients and with considerable personal risk. Here are...
Bloomberg published a nice piece just the other day on common phrases that are trademarked. Here are a few: “It’s gonna be awesome” (The Barbarian Group) “We should talk” (Bank of...
I have been listening to the book The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Areily, and he spends a considerable amount of time on an issue that comes up with small enterprises...
I have often compared patents to castles when discussing high stakes invalidation exercises. Some are inherently stronger than others, but given enough resources, none of them are invulnerable. Castles, like patents,...
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